We're delighted to announce that an Julian Germain will be an additional speaker to the list of speakers. Julian has made a mass of photobooks that cut across documentary, archival, and the personal to present a view of Britain that is

The pictures above and below are from his book In Soccer Wonderland, one of surprisingly few photobooks on football around (of course there are loads of books on football with photos in them but are they photobooks? Please discuss, some place else. )

But at Bristol there will be a little football sub-plot going on with Ken Grant also touching on football (the subject of his upcoming new book).

More recently, Germain has been working on Classroom Portraits. This is a series of portraits of classrooms from around the world. The rooms, the walls, the tables, the clothes, and the expressions all tell a story that on the surface is very familiar but draws you into the detail to find the differences. Along with Raimond Wouda's School and James Molllison's Playground, it's one of several great contemporary works that look at the interactional dynamics of education.